Elijah

//ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.

    "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew.

    ""That's wonderful! What's his name?" "Elijah." "Wow! A heavy-duty prophet's name!" "Yeah, and he's certainly living up to it.""

  3. 3
    A female given name from Hebrew, of chiefly Philippine usage.

Example

More examples

"Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"

Etymology

From Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu, literally “Yahweh is my god”). Doublet of Ilya. Compare Joel. See also Arabic إلياس.

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